[Radix] Re: Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities Bay Area
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> 1. Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities? (Brian G. McAdoo)
> 2. RE: Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities?? (Ilan Kelman)
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> From: "Brian G. McAdoo" <brmcadoo at vassar.edu>
> Subject: [Radix] Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities?
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> Colleagues,
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> I am curious if anyone has information regarding
> disaster preparedness in marginalized communities?
>
> In the USA, these communities more often then not
> are minority communities, as dramatically
> illustrated by Hurricane Katrina. There is a
> great deal of concern here in the San Francisco
> (California) Bay Area about an inevitable
> earthquake on the Heyward fault, which runs
> directly underneath the heavily populated
> communities of Berkeley and Oakland. While there
> is a lot of work being done to raise awareness of
> this hazard, I am not aware of any efforts
> deliberately targeting minority communities, and
> I worry that because of their marginalization, they will be
> overlooked.
>
> Is there an academic literature out there looking
> into racial/ethnic demographics and disaster
> preparedness? I imagine that there might be some
> related to indigenous knowledge, but again I expose my ignorance here.
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> Thank you for your help.
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> Brian
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> From: Ilan Kelman <ilan_kelman at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Radix] Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities??
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> Dear Brian (and Radix):
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> Your email covers several topics simultaneously, all with their own
> literature. I provide some illustrative (far from comprehensive)
> examples for each:
>
> (i) Disaster-related activities in "marginalized" communities.
>
> Some researchers object to the term "marginalized", but there are,
> of course, many definitions and interpretations of it. The example
> that is of most interest to me is islands, often termed "small
> islands" or "small, isolated islands", for which material is
> available at http://www.islandvulnerability.org As well, a book by
> James Lewis http://developmentbookshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=463
> discusses aspects of proportional impact / proportional
> vulnerability, setting up a useful theoretical foundation for
> examining the vulnerability of marginalized people, of marginalized
> places, or of marginalized people in marginalized places, each of
> which again represents its own discourse. James Lewis' work http://datum.gn.apc.org
> is particularly relevant to islands and other isolated locations
> which are often considered to be or labelled as "marginal" or
> "peripheral"
>
> (ii) Disaster-related activities to assist minority communities or
> minorities in communities.
>
> One of the extensive discourses on this topic relates to power
> structures,
> empowerment, and vulnerability. Ken Hewitt, Ben Wisner, Terry
> Cannon, and Tony Oliver-Smith have contributed extensively to
> research and practice on this topic. See, for example:
>
> Hewitt K. (ed.), Interpretations of Calamity from the Viewpoint of
> Human Ecology, Allen & Unwin, London (1983)
>
> Hewitt K., Preventable Disasters: Addressing Social Vulnerability,
> Institutional Risk, and Civil Ethics, Geographisches Rundscahu:
> International Edition, 3(1), 43-52 (2007)
>
> Oliver-Smith T., The Martyred City: Death and Rebirth in the Andes,
> University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM (1986)
>
> Wisner, B. "Disaster Vulnerability: Scale, Power, and Daily Life."
> Geojournal 30,2, pp. 127-140.
>
> Wisner B., Blaikie P., Cannon T. and Davis I., At Risk: Natural
> Hazards, People’s Vulnerability and Disasters, 2nd ed., Routledge,
> London (2004)
>
> All this work is highly relevant to and certainly needed for point
> (i) too and it has been applied to minorities, marginalisation, and
> indiginous eity by authors such as Jean-Christophe
> Gaillard http://jc.gaillard.monsite.orange.fr and Jessica Mercer
> (see (iv) below) amongst others.
>
> (iii) Disaster-related activities for minorities in urban areas.
>
> A fascinating project is the "Geography of Urban Social
> Vulnerability" http://geic.hq.unu.edu/env/project1.cfm?type=1&ID=28
> and http://www.unu.edu/env/urban/social-vulnerability/index.htm For
> the case studies that you mention, Los Angeles "There are worse
> things than earthquakes" might be apposite.
>
> (iv) Disaster-related activities and indigenous knowledge.
>
> Aside from your own contributions on this topic, go to http://www.riskred.org/favourites.html
> and click on "Indigenous
> knowledge" for some links.
>
> (v) For specific publications addressing "racial/ethnic demographics
> and disaster preparedness" in urban settings see http://www.docuticker.com/?p=21705
> /
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/6651771/Disaster-Preparedness-in-Urban-Immigrant-Communities
> for southern California (however, I have not read this document, so
> I cannot judge it or advocate that it is appropriate) and also http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=5782
> (e.g. pp. 122-125) for the USA.
>
> For all the above, aside from the Katrina literature that you
> mention along with the tsunami literature that you know already, the
> Gender and Disaster Network http://www.gdnonline.org along with
> Radix itself http://www.radixonline.org will have other relevant
> resources. I hope that some of this material covers what you are
> seeking. With best wishes,
>
> Ilan
>
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